Tag: Ehichioya Ezomon
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Electoral Bill: Don’t worry, NASS can’t bite – Ehichioya Ezomon
Electoral Bill: Don’t worry, NASS can’t bite – Ehichioya Ezomon
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COVID-19: Isn’t chloroquine stop-gap ‘saviour’?, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Since China first identified the novel coronavirus on its shores in December 2019, the world has been living on hope for a drug or vaccine for the treatment and prevention of the pandemic. But that hope has been unrealised due to several factors, chiefly the relatively unknown nature of the virus caused…
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Worrying APC, PDP boycott of council polls, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon In advance of the 2019 general elections, a trend has developed along with the rush to conduct local government council elections across the states: That’s the tendency of political parties to boycott those elections on rather nebulous excuses. For instance, of the elections conducted since late 2017 in eight states, four…
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Buhari, herdsmen and traumatized citizenry, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The horror of man’s inhumanity to man was starkly on display in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, on Thursday, when an unboarded trailer drove into the IBB Square, bearing 12 coffins of the “remains” of victims of attacks by “herdsmen” on January 1 and 2. Several mini buses brought in…
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NASS missed opportunity on devolution of power- Ehichioya Ezomon
Ehichioya Ezomon The National Assembly was at the cusp of making history the upper week when members were gathered in plenary to vote on scores of bills listed for amendment (Fourth Alteration) to the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The voting was coming at a very challenging moment in Nigeria’s existence as an “indivisible and indissoluble”…
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Edo guber: There’s end to litigation by Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon A scene playing out in Edo State depicts the adage of “the mourner crying more than the bereaved.” It has to do with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its state chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, continuing to litigate matters against Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The…